Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-26
An Grafton 10 the Toss.
A BEwILpERISG CHINESE PAGEANT IN rHE STREETS or
SAN FRANCIsCO.

SAN FRAsCIsCo.
San Francisco. CAL, Sept 2d-ChInatown for
two days has presented the largest professions
ever given here by the cclesiials They were I'm
honor OF Tcng Wong, the presiding joss OF the itch
Wong Mo Go. Many costumes and banners were
imported from China, ana the great nsh Or igon.
the CHIEF feature oI the p1rade on saturday, cost
$1,000, ana Was the labor OF months. The slreets
ol Chinatown were hung with banners. The store
fronts we've freshly painted with gvrmilliun and
the narrow alleys wee converted INTO covered
them.
The advance guard of the parace was composed
OF three dain~els seated on nal.nrys their silk
rches reaching nearly 10 the Eiuund. They were
followed by momtria oI the company Ia handsome
uniforms OF biue, then another detachment all in
yellow, ali armed with swords and speurs and car
rying banners twenty feet 81 height. Then came
l!iNcl pavilion with !..Lic ilguIfs Tunning around
the balconies followed hl more members OF the
company On horseback. and another troop OF ten
ddmsfls on paifreyS. ana uyc wagons ficd with
young men and maidcns caCh strapped 10 post.
These herndrd the JOS. who sat Ia mighty chair
under a carved ebony pggoda. Ting Wong was q
mlld-'ookins deity, with a hong mustache, but he
was treated With greet reverence and borne along
10y twelve men, and between each detachment
came band OF sl.1ans, who rent The air with
Giscordant music uI gonys, cymbals and ear
piercing one-s;nnged nidles.
Immediately alter the joss came In guardian
spirit the great fsh dragon, whose head was
carried Oh the top OF pole ioieet high and whose
spangied and furred body trailing behind like a
sea serpent for l75 feet, was supported by sixty
woTsnipers ROBBED In pink and White. The mon
stands out from hts forehead and one on each
side. Horns covered with silver and several yards
long are numerous the quilts or porcupine.
The gaming jaws opened at Intervals revealing u
hungry red mouth and a huge tongue that rolls
about In threatening fashion. The long tail OF
the monster kept moving up and down aud 10 the
right and LETT After the great dragon there came
lesser iish, with a head like that OF a rock cod,
all mouth, with TWO eyes that had an ugly fashion
or winking, with a body ~ waving silk that was
Kept IN motion by four i've experts, a number OF
priests with fans banners and pavilions, and then
could be heard the sound OF martial music-a
ponderous kettledrum that H. took two men TO
carry, assisted by the clashlng OF cymbals.
This Introduced the rear guard, a battalion OF
soldiers dressed In the different shades OF blue,
with yellow, bowl-shaped hats and red plumes
These constituted an actual representation OF the
army OF the empire. Basket ana wooden shields
painted with horrible dragons and kissing lions
formed their means OF defense White steel-capped
spears, many pronged like quaint forks comprised
their means OF attack. light blue banner that
oated In the air as large the Jib OF the yolun-
teer, brought 10 an end the most wonderful
pageant that ever graced the streets OF San Fran.
cisco. The parade was witnessed by thousands IL
white people, and was repeated yesterday, when
the exercises in honor OF the joss came 10 an end